Mustinka River
| Mustinka River | ||
 Straightened section of the Mustinka River in Traverse County |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 648407 | |
| location | Minnesota (USA) | |
| River system | Nelson River | |
| Drain over | Bois de Sioux River → Red River of the North → Nelson River → Hudson Bay | |
| source | in Otter Tail County near Fergus Falls 46 ° 12 ′ 45 ″ N , 96 ° 6 ′ 16 ″ W |
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| muzzle | in the Lake Traverse coordinates: 45 ° 45 ′ 54 ″ N , 96 ° 37 ′ 3 ″ W 45 ° 45 ′ 54 ″ N , 96 ° 37 ′ 3 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height |
298 m
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| length | 109 km | |
| Catchment area | 2354 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge above Wheaton, MN A Eo : 2,097.9 km² |
MNQ 1915/1958 MQ 1915/1958 Mq 1915/1958 MHQ 1915/1958 |
10 l / s 1.32 m³ / s 0.6 l / (s km²) 6.7 m³ / s |
| Communities | Wheaton | |
The Mustinka River is a tributary of Lake Traverse . With a length of 109 km this river lies in the west of the US state Minnesota . Across Lake Traverse, the Bois de Sioux River , the Red River of the North , Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River , the river is part of the Hudson Bay catchment area and drains an area of 2,354 km².
Run
The Mustinka River rises about 8 km south-southwest of Fergus Falls in the southwest of Otter Tail County and initially runs south into Grant County and flows through Stony Brook Lake and Lightning Lake. Then the river turns west and flows past Norcross into Traverse County . There the Mustinka swings south behind Wheaton and flows into Lake Traverse 11 km south of Wheaton . A large part of the lower reaches has been straightened and channeled .
Individual evidence
- ^ Mustinka River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Mustinka River at the gauge above Wheaton, MN - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
swell
- Waters, Thomas F. (1977). The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota . Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-0960-8
- DeLorme (1994). Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer . Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-222-6